Chaffee County, Colorado
Founding: 1879 Parent county: Lake Namesake: Jerome Chaffee, Colorado senator Seat: Granite (1879–1880); Buena Vista (1880–1928); Salida (1928–) Land area: 1,013 square miles Population (2020): 19,476 Population (historic): 6,512 (1880); 7,085 (1900); 8,126 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1890–1910; 1950–1980; 1990s; 2010s Subdivisions: One city; two towns; four CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,710 (15.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 60.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,671 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,194 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms Number of farms (1920): 326 Average farm size (1920): 79.5 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Buena Vista (ex-seat) Namesake: The Spanish term ...